170 MISSOUEI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Speer — The doctors seem to disagree on this matter as well 

 as on anything else. I have had no cholera for five years with my hogs 

 in the orchard. 



In reply to a question as to what the Agricultural College was do- 

 ing with the experimental orchard, Mr. Taft said in regard to pears 

 that the Japanese varieties were hfirdy and fruitful. The Keifer was 

 fruitful and good for preserves. The LeConte had borne a few small 

 pears, but not enough to test its value. They have thirty or forty va- 

 rieties of plums, but none of them are of value except those of the 

 Wild Goose class- Sweet cherries do no good. 



The young orchard has not been cultivated for two years. The 

 trees are making a fair growth. The trees have been pruned. 



Society adjourned until 2 p. m. 



WED]!^ESDAY 2 P. M. 



It was moved and adopted that each member be requested to 

 make a list of the twelve best varieties of apples, all things considered,, 

 to annex his name and address, and hand the list to the secretary for 

 publication. 



FOLLOWING ARE THE LISTS : 



Apples. — Early Harvest, Eed June, Benoni, Maiden Blush, Eambo,. 

 Baileys Sweet, Golden Sweet, Tulpahocking, G. G. Pippin, Jouathan,, 

 Winesap and Ben Davis. 



Cherry. — Early Richmond. 



Pears Bartlet, Duchess, Seckel and Keifer for canning. 



Strawherries Crescent, Downing and Glendale. 



Raspl)erries, Black Cap Hopkins. 



Raspberries^ Red. — Cuthbert, Turner and Shaffer. 



Blacl-herries Snyder and Freed. 



M. BUTTERFIELD, Lees Summit, Mo. 



